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British Genesis, ELO rock KC
By PAUL ADDISON
Reviewer
In the short history of British rock, many diverse and identifiable brands of music have evoked that are representative of a particular genre or era.
In the 1960s it was groups such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Kinks which stamped their own indelible marks on much of the decade. In the 1970s bands such as Genesis and Electric Light Orchestra have been among the major innovators, leading "popular" music past old restrictions to new, exciting approaches.
Kansas City was fortunate the past
Review
weekend to have both groups perform. They showed why they are still leaders.
ELECTRIC Light Orchestra, appearing in concert with Steve Hillage at Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium Friday, dispelled the myth that classical and popular music don't go together well. On Saturday, Genesis, displaying a rare 1950s-era sound of blues, expertise and a tastelessly dawn light show, proved that maturity and discipline still count for a lot in the ever-changing musical world.
From the first beat of "Squank" to their note-perfect encore 90 minutes later, they play a series of improvisations music with a variety of tracks from old albums and their new one. "Wind and
Wuthering," until they had the partisan audience of about 7,000 firmly in their grasp. It was a concert that constructively showed off the virtuosity of the performers with vocalist and drummer Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford; Hackett and Mike Rutherford on electric guitar; acoustic guitars, and Tony Banks on synthesizer and keyboardes played backup.
THE BAND'S new percussionist Chester, Thompson also added to the performance with some perfectly synchronized drumming.
Genesis is a story band that competently wove its musical patterns around the lyrics on "Robbery, Assault and Battery," "Fifth of Fifth," "The Eileenth Earl of Mar," and "Ready," from the "Foxtrot" album, the music was complemented by patterns of red, white and green laser lights furiously spinning across the ceiling of the room, with the wood, bedecked in white, emblazoned to the bright light of lasers projected onstage.
Genesis finished its set with a combination of "Los Endos" and "Dance on a Volcano" from the "Trick of the Tail" album. The band's latest album, Lies Down on Broadway, for an encore.
IN A DIFFERENT vein, Electric Light Orchestra played a competent but sometimes labored set to an enthusiastic sell-out audience of 12.000 Friday.
The seven-piece band, formed in 1971 by composer, guitarist and vocalist Jeff Lynne, features a violin and two cellos in its line-up and integrates, without losing its
"Can't get it out of My Head" and "Show Down" from the album "On the Third Day" were played with little verve or excitement, as though the band had grown tired of endlessly repeating the same songs at every gg. However, "Living Thing," "Telephone Line," "Rockaria" and "Do Ya," from their latest album "A New World Record."
basic drive, orchestral pieces with
singalong ditties and heavy rock 'n' roll.
Cellist Hugh McDowell and violinist Mik
Kaminski gave short solo performances,
and the group's numbered Top 40 hits
and light show that got the crowt
to its feet.
were played with more guuto. As encores, EJL played "ma-msa-mna Belle" and the guoto played "Bella".
PRECEDING ELO and the giving a more sophisticated theme to the show was the Steve Hillage band. Hillage, formerly with Gong, played a tight 50 minute set of material from his "Fish Rising" and "L" albums.
The opener, "Salmon Song" was followed by "Solar Musick Suite" and Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man." A faithful-to-the original version of George Harrison's "I's All Too Much" closed the set and brought a great ovation from the young audience.
Vote on new city hall on commission agenda
A vote on a proposal to build a new city hall at the northeast corner of Massachusetts and Sixth streets is expected by Lawrence's Lawrence City Commission meeting.
KU has few flu cases
An influenza virus noticed in Kansas City, Mo., two weeks ago, hasn't spread to Lawrence, Martin Wollmann, director of Watkins Hospital, said recently.
The commission deferred a vote at last
the meeting to study the proposed more
careties.
Don Eubanks, director of Kansas City, Mo., immunization, said the health department noticed several weeks ago an increase in Kansas City schools and area schools.
"Here on campus we haven't had many cases of flu, but we always have people with sporadic flu-like symptoms," Wollmann said.
All the commissioners last week said they were enthusiastic about the proposal because it would enable the city to enhance the north entrance into Lawrence. It also spur private development of recreational sites on the Kansas River bank, they said.
A type B-birus is a less serious type of influenza, Eubanks said.
influenza it is it, but all the symptoms indicate that it's a type B-virus."
"There was a large increase of people with upper-respiratory illness reported by schools and by private physicians," Eubanks said. "We don't know what type of
If the proposal by Stephen Hill, president of Kansas Fibreboard Inc. and the owners and Power Co., is accepted, the site could be able to buy four acres at that site.
control of two acres just to the east of the four acres for about $20,000. The Bower sock Co. will remain owners of eight acres surrounding the two sites.
"The influenza has been confined mostly to school children who are more susceptible," he said. "Older persons who have had the flu before are less likely to get this influenza."
If the commission decides to put a new city hall there, rights to the four acres would cost $1. Otherwise, the site would cost $25,000. The commission must decide on the location within 60 days after acceptance of the proposal.
He said that he didn't think it was the swine flu but tests hadn't been completed. Symptoms of the influenza are headache, lightness in the eyes.
In other business, the commission is to receive a certificate on a petition to change the city government from the current commission form to a mayor-council form.
Symptoms of the influenza are headache, tread, lightness in the chest and congestion.
"Children who have the influenza shouldn't be sent back to school after one day of school." The virus takes anywhere from three days to a week to run its course," he said.
The petition was submitted Friday to the county clerk's office. It contained the required 2,960 signatures to be on the April 5 general election ballot.
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Events
TODAY: AN AGING CONFERENCE begins at 1 p.m. in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas University. A CRIME PREVENTION SEMINAR will be at 1:30 p.m. in the Union's Forum Room. THE COLLEGE ASSKMBLY will meet at 4:30 p.m. in Woodruff hall. ALENTENES from 10:30 a.m. to 4:4 p.m. in the Union lobby and Wescoe cafeteria.
TONIGHT: A SPRING BREAK SKIP INFORMATION MEETING will be at
7:30 in the Union's Forum Room.
TOMORROW: THE AIGING CONFERENCE will meet at 8 a.m. in the Union's Big Eight Room. A CRIME PREVENTION SEMINAR will be at 9 a.m. in the Union's Forum Room. The HILLEL STUDENT-FACULTY LUNCH will be at 11:30 a.m. in alcove "D" of the Union Cateria. a faculty forum with JON MELIN will be at 12:30 p.m. in the Union's Holding Center. The Ministry Center. A COLLEGE CHARPERSONS会议 will be at 3:30 p.m. in the Union's Centennial Room. AURH LEGISLATOR'S DINNER will be at 7 p.m. in Templin Hall. KU COLLEGE REPUBLICANS will hold elections at 7 p.m. in the Union's Council Room.
Sponsored by SUA travel
Bus Trip to the NELSON GALLERY ATKINS MUSEUM
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 $4.00
Bus leaves at 12:30, tour is being lead by instructors from the department of Art History.
Contact the SUA office before Feb.9 864-3477
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